Zotero 7 Desktop - No scrolling in PDF reader on touchscreen

paulda
Hi there,

I have been testing Zotero 7 these past weeks and it's really amazing. I'm really looking forward to use it daily.

While testing, I found a bug: It's impossible to scroll with my fingers nor use scrollbars on my touchscreen in PDF reader mode. Neither in wrapped mode, nor horizontal or vertical scrolling mode. It only allows to use the tools from the toolbar (highlight, draw, define a text box, and so on).

Noticed with Zotero 7 beta 36 and 38 for Windows 64-bit.
Hardware: Surface Go 3 Intel(R) Core(TM) RAM 8,00 GB 10 inches
OS : Windows 11 latest stable

I hope this helps. And thank you for your work on this so useful software!



  • martynas_b Zotero Team
    We'll try to fix this.
  • paulda
    Thanks!

    If you need testing with this specific hardware and OS, feel free to ask, I'll be glad to contribute.
  • alflamingo
    Solved :)
  • aruneema
    I facing the same problem. I am not able to use touch screen to scroll through the books on Zotero
  • martynas_b Zotero Team
    @aruneema

    1) What device are you using?
    2) What happens when you try to scroll?
  • SyNoR52
    I have similar problem on Huawei matebook e device (windows). When I use touch pen or my fingers to select text on zotero this have not happend. But there is no problem about scrolling screen on my device. Please, can u fix it @martynas_b ?
  • martynas_b Zotero Team
    @SyNoR52 Does text highlighting work properly when you enable the highlighting tool in the sidebar?
  • SyNoR52
    @martynas_b sorry for late reply. Yes, when I using my pen for mark something as highlight there is no problem, it work on it. The problem just asbout selecting text with pen.
  • sikab
    edited October 28, 2025
    I use a Yoga 7i and just installed 64-bit Zotero 7, but I can't scroll using the touchscreen or a stylus pen. Scrolling just highlights all the texts in the way.
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